.. index:: Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics descibes the macroscopic properties of a large collection of particles.

.. admonition:: Some Key Ideas in Thermodynamics
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   1. Thermodynamic variables: extensive, intensive, neither;
   2. Equation of state;
   3. Four fundamental laws of thermodynamics;
   4. Thermodynamics potentials;
   5. Phase transitions;
   6. Response;
   7. Stability;

In some sense, thermodynamics is a theory that deals with black boxes. We deal with a large collection of one type of serveral types of particles. Then we manipulate some properties of the system and observing the changes.


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    summary.rst
    topics/index.rst